Nicanor Zabaleta: Harp Selections

N. Zabaleta (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nicanor Zabaleta: André Caplet, Antonio de Cabezón, Ernesto Halffter, Francisco Fernández Palero, Joaquin Rodrigo, Luys de Narvaez, Marcel Tournier.

1. In this 1960 performance, Nicanor Zabaleta (1907-1993) is soloist in Joaquin Rodrigo's Concert Serenade for Harp and Orchestra (Concierto Serenata Para Arpa Y Orquesta). Ernst Märzendorfer (1921-2009) leads the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

2. Nicanor Zabaleta performs "Three Short Pieces" by Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989)

3. Nicanor Zabaleta performs Marcel Tournier's Lolita La Danseuse.

4. Nicanor Zabaleta performs the Divertissement, "A L'espagnole" by the French composer and conductor André Caplet (1875 - 1925)

5. Nicanor Zabaleta performs Francisco Fernández Palero's Romance.

6. Nicanor Zabaleta performs the Popular Variaicons by Luys de Narvaez (ca. 1500-1566).

7. Nicanor Zabaleta performs the Pavane with Variations of the Spanish Renaissance composer Antonio de Cabezón (ca. 1510 -- 1566).

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